2024 Compare Cities Education:
Sierra Vista, AZ vs Shawnee, OK

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Highlights
- Shawnee spends 5.2% less per student than Sierra Vista.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 19.8% lower in Shawnee than in Sierra Vista. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Shawnee had 4.6% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Sierra Vista
 Sierra Vista, AZShawnee, OKUnited States
 Expend. per Student$10,785$10,222$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,247$9,382$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$4,892$5,411$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.8915.1516.23
 Students per Librarian31414714573
 Students per Counselor485288530
 Grade School Educ.2.1%2.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.7%8.6%6.3%
 High School Educ.93.2%88.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.28.8%23.7%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.11.6%8.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.32.0%24.2%33.7%
 Masters Grad.9.8%7.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.5%1.4%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.1%0.9%1.5%
Reviews for Sierra Vista    30 Reviews

I've lived in Sierra Vista for 22 months. It has positives and negatives. Bisbee, Tombstone, being close to Tucson, are positives. The views are beautiful. There's lots  More

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Over 2 years ago

Nice town, quite, huge military community and snowbirds in winter. If you want to live where you can not be mugged and have beautiful views for miles, this is the  More

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Over 2 years ago

I have lived in Sierra Vista 3 years and for 6 months, in the town north of S.V. sierra Vista lives up to its name with gorgeous mountains encircling you and sunrises  More

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Reviews for Shawnee    7 Reviews

I have lived in Shawnee for almost 4 years. It is a poor town. Yes, it has a Christian University (OBU) but the college does not influence the town much. St Gregory's  More

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I think this might have been ok, but I needed a different approach. I could have rented a place here - had some very open landlords that had some decent, affordable  More

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Over 15 years ago

I've lived in Shawnee for 23 years now and my family has been here since statehood in 1907. I find that Shawnee is a delightful town to live in! It has all of your basic  More

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